Improvement in cultivators



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Letters Patent No. tassa-dated 4December s1,- 1867.-

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TO ALL WI-IOM ITMAY CONGERN:

Be it known that I, S. Gr. PEABODY, of the city andvconnty of Champaign, State of Illinois, have invented anew and improved Cultivator", and ,I do hereby declare .that .the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable those skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to ,the accom? panying drawings, forming part of this specification. `V v l This invention relates tol a new and improved cultivat-or, constructed principally of metal, and so arranged as to be capableof being used either as a single or double implement.

vThe invention consists in a peculiar construction ot the device, vas hereinafter fully shown and described, wherebya very strong, durable, and -eliicicnt implement of the kind specifi-ed is obtained, and one which may he readily adjusted to be drawn from place to place. In the accompanying sheet of drawings- Figure 1 is a side view of my invention.

-Figure 2, a plan or top view of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parte.

A A represent two parallel beams, which are connected, near their rear ends, by a metal cross-bar, B, and connected, near their` front ends, by thc-metal bars CfiD. Between the vfront ends of the beams A A there is secured, by a b olt, a, a draught-pole, B', having a slide#boltE, Secured to its upper lsurface by screws 6,6, which pass through a slot, c, in E, into the draught-pole. The front end of the bolt E is formed with an upright pin, cl, for the convenience of moving it, and the rear end is formed with a fork, e, to catch orit upon the front edge of the bar G, when the bolt is shoved back, and the draught-pole elevated, as shown in red in iig. 1. '.llhe bolt E secures the draught-pole in this position, and when Asaid pole is drawn down, and the team attached to the implement, the ploughs at the rear of the same will be elevated above the ground, and the implementmay consequently be readily drawn from place to place. Y. v

.The implement maybe vadjusted in this way, when the team is hitched before it, by simply elevating the rear of the implement, and shoving the slide bolt E'bacl; to cat'h over the front edge of bar C.

The ends of the front bar D are bent or curved downward, so as to be below the level of the bar Ot and through the ends of bar D the standards F of caster-wheels Gti pass, the standards being allowed to turn freely in the ends of the barD, the latter resting on shouldersf on the standards. The upper ends of the standards F passthrough the front. ends of arms g, which project forward from the ends of the bar C, the upper ends ot' the standards, above the arms g, having nuts on them. The bar D is braced by bars from the bar C. The bar C is provided with two pendent arms Gr G, one near each end. These arms G are perforated with holes lc, at equal distances apart, and said arms are braced by rods Z from the bar D.

H H 'represent iron plough-beams, two pairs, the beams of each pair being connected at their front ends, and gradually diverging from each other,'from their front to their rear cnds,thc innermost beam H being rather shorter than the'outermost one, H, and the'rcar ends of both curved downward in se'rnicircular form, to serve as standards, to which ploughs I are attached, as shown clearly in fig. 1. `The front ends of each pair of beams H H are attached by bolts n to the pendent arms G, .said bolts passingthroughhigher or lower holes c in said arms, as occasion may require. Each pair of beams H H is connected by a rod, o, to securethem at a proper distance apart, and these rods o connect frames IX to the beams, said frames being connected to the bar E by bolts p, which'pass through slots q in bar E. These bolts p are fitted 0n the inner ends of the rods o, and by means of these frames and bolts the plough-beams may be adjusted laterally, as occasion may require, to suit the width of the spaces between them.

Each pair of plough-beams H H is provided with handles J J', which are braced by bars K.

This implement is under thecomplete control ot' the operator, and the ploughs may be adjusted laterally, to conform to the sinuosities of thc rows of plants,vwithout any ditliculty whatever.

The team is attached to a draw-bolt, L, secured in a cross-bar on the beams A A, at the rear of the draughtpole, whereby thc pull of the team is not allowed to intcrl'ercwith the standard F of the implement, either in adjusting the ploughs laterally, or raising or lowering them.

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. The slide-bolt E, applied to the draugl1t-polc B, and arranged in relation with the cross-bar C, to opernte in the manner substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The arrangement of the front bar D with thestandards F of the caster-wl1eels Gr the cross-bar C, substantiallyl as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The cross-bar C, provided with the pendent arms Gr, in combination with the plough-beams H I'I and' adjustable frames I, all arranged substantially as and for the purpose specified.

4. The stay or brace-barsjj, in connection with the bars C D, and the stand all arranged substantially in the manner' as and for the purpose set forth.

' 5. The bracing of the handles J J bymeans of the bars K, substantially as set forth.

6. The placing of' the draw-bolt L at the rear of the draught-pole, substantially as and for the-purpose specified.

, and the arms got' ards F ofthe caster-wheels G,

f S. G. PEABOBY. Witnesses:

JOHN F. PEER,

JOHN McKoWN. 

